Vintage gold tone elephant brooch featuring a sculptural dimensional body and sparkling rhinestone-covered head and ears.
Modern Styling Ideas • Pin on a blazer lapel for a playful luxury look • Style on a denim jacket or trench coat • Add to a handbag or beret • Perfect layered with other vintage animal brooches • Great for maximalist, eclectic, retro glam, or old Hollywood styling • Lovely gift for elephant lovers or collectors of animal jewelry
Very good vintage condition • No missing rhinestones • A few rhinestones have darkened slightly with age, consistent with vintage costume jewelry • Age-appropriate patina and finish wear present
Animal brooches became especially popular during the mid-century era, when whimsical figural jewelry was embraced as both fashion and conversation pieces. Elephant motifs were particularly beloved because they symbolized luck, wisdom, protection, and prosperity.
